Understanding McLuhan/Understanding McLuhan (1996)(Voyager)[Mac-PC].iso/pc/mcluhan.dxr/01995_Field_OMWA T22.txt

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that is going to trouble the stability of the
country. So, in that sense, there was a concern
about the stability of the society that he lived in.
And I think he was clearly existentially, he was
much happier living in Canada than anywhere else.
He was stimulated by being in New York, loved the
adulation of the Woody Allens, Tom Wolfe and all
that stuff, but he really wanted to come home to
Wychwood Park finally. That was home and the
prairie metaphors were never too far from him. He
phoned up once and said, “Tell Trudeau we’ve got
to have a national joke project.” I said, what do
you mean? He said, “You know my theory that
behind every joke is a grievance and jokes are a